Susan Margolin

Susan Margolin is an award-winning documentary film producer and a pioneer of digital distribution, with over 25 years of experience in independent film and media. She co-founded New Video/Docurama Films in 1992, growing it into a leading distributor of independent films, series, and documentaries before selling the company to Cinedigm in 2012. In 2016, Margolin founded St. Marks Productions, producing critically acclaimed feature films including HBO’s A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting and Academy Award-shortlisted Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy. Her other producing credits include A Crime on the Bayou, The Rape of Recy Taylor, Paper Children, and Monk in Pieces. She is also an Executive Producer on Zeva Oelbaum and Sabine Krayenbühl’s Obsessed with Light, Judith Helfand’s Love & Stuff, and Cheryl Miller Houser’s Generation Startup, among others. Margolin also serves on the boards of Chicken & Egg Films and Manhattan Neighborhood Network, and on the advisory boards of NYWIFT and Documentary Producers Alliance. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, and the Producers Guild of America.